Finsbury Park

  Everyone has a story. Meet Anna Stishova whose teenage love of kayaking in Siberia helped her seek out paddle opportunities in the UK. Now she’s a kayaking instructor and a paddlesports leader taking out trips with kayakers and paddleboarders, despite being based first in Islington, then Bolton. Interview by…
Neighbourhood Forum Finsbury Park member Adam Hardy has an innovative idea to help us all figure out our carbon footprint, reduce our carbon usage and trade carbon allowances locally in a bid to help tackle the climate crisis and speed up the UK’s energy transition away from fossil fuel. Interview…
Everyone has a story. Dressing up one day a week since the start of the 2020 lockdown – and then for the next 100 weeks – has given Nadine Mellor the chance to review her life via the memories triggered by what she wore. Here she talks about the joys…
    Everyone has an energy story #9 Q: What’s something easy that I can do that will make a big difference? You can switch your electricity supply to a 100% renewable energy supplier. There are a range of suppliers, such as Bulb, Ecotricity, Good Energy, Octopus and others, the…
Everyone has an energy story #4. Just like Covid-19, climate change effects everyone, but not equally. We all know that climate change is making some bits of the world harder to live in but did you know that we’re already seeing people having to move because their homes and livelihoods…
Everybody has a story. Martin McKenzie can often be seen selling the Big Issue outside Tesco and Sainsbury’s on Stroud Green Road. But his dream is to run a mobile bike repair business. Interview by Nicola Baird “I was looking for the Big Issue office, in Finsbury Park, and then…
Everybody has a story. Here’s how wordsmith Ant O’Neill from Archway turned an interest in Tove Jansson into a professional passion for this Finnish writer who created satirical wartime cartoons, birthed the Moomins and wrote autobiographical best-sellers like the ‘Summer Book’. Interview by Nicola Baird over Zoom. Photos by Kimi…
Everybody has a story. It’s nearly 10 years since Islington’s pioneering reuse and repair shop opened on Seven Sisters Road bringing new life to unwanted and broken items. Manager Diye Wariebi explains how the Bright Sparks concept has led to more re-use shops opening in Waltham Forest and Newham. From…
Everybody has a story. Meet the children’s entertainer, Mojo, who uses his spare time to offer a Goove Groom & Grub haircutting service for people who are homeless around Islington and Stratford. Interview by Nicola Baird. Photos by Kimi Gill. Mojo is grooving under Finsbury Park bridge, just by the…
Everybody has a story. Here’s how a couple from Eritrea have set up a cafĂ© in homage to their home city, Asmara. Their CafĂ© Asmarino serves delicious breakfast and lunch on Seven Sisters Road. Interview by Nicola Baird. Photos by Kimi Gill “Nowhere smells like the air in Eritrea,” says…